Abstract

ECHEVERRY FERNANDEZ, Diana. FROM «PERFECT ABSENCE OF COMMUNICATION» TO IMPERFECT COMMUNICATION. MEMORY AND LANGUAGE IN THE AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL LETTERS OF EMMA REYES. Linguist.lit. [online]. 2022, n.81, pp.347-365.  Epub Feb 23, 2023. ISSN 0120-5587.  https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.lyl.n81a16.

In this paper we analyze the correspondence between the Colombian artist and writer Emma Reyes and Germán Arciniegas. We try to demonstrate that her proposal in her letters has a destabilizing effect. In this sense, we reflect on the exercise of memory that her epistles imply. Then, we present her vision of language. Later, we show the articulation between what is expressed and the form of expression, where a tension operates between language and memory. We conclude that the proposal of her writing impacts readers by its «incorrectness» and enables a reflection on the power of language.

Keywords : perfect absence of communication; imperfect communication; language; memory; epistolary writing; Emma Reyes.

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